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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does he see following behind the herd of creatures?
(a) Weston
(b) A human like person with a shepard's crook
(c) A sorn
(d) A stalking lion looking animal

2. When the ship enters Malacandra's orbit how does Ransom feel upon wakening?
(a) As if life has completely changed for him
(b) His fear becomes almost invigorating to him
(c) That his death is imminent
(d) Disoriented and groggy

3. Ransom strips off his clothes because:
(a) the heat is intense
(b) there is a bug crawling down his shirt
(c) he is going to take a shower
(d) he wants a uniform to show his authority

4. The shape of the ship, as Weston explains, is:
(a) square
(b) a sphere
(c) hexangonal
(d) cylindrical

5. Who are the pfifltriggi?
(a) The council of elders under Oyarsa
(b) Small, dwarf like humanoid creatures who live on the ocean
(c) Another race of people on the planet
(d) The slaves of the hross

6. Rather than it being the moon that Ransom is seeing, Weston tells him that the large orb is:
(a) the earth
(b) a large light bulb
(c) Jupiter
(d) the sun

7. What does the shifting gravity do to the ship?
(a) Makes the men much heavier
(b) Makes the ship seem smaller
(c) Makes Ransom feel like his bones are breaking
(d) Turns walls into floors and floor into ceilings

8. What are the walls made of?
(a) cloth
(b) plastic
(c) metal
(d) wood

9. What is an eldil?
(a) A group of hross who live together, like a tribe
(b) A child of the hross born with psychic abilities
(c) A plant which is the main diet stable of the hross
(d) A spirit like messenger of Oyarsa

10. The effect of weightlessness is countered by:
(a) magnetic boots
(b) an ionic deconverter
(c) pressurization
(d) a weight belt

11. When Ransom looks around after landing he notices the ship is sitting on:
(a) a penisula or island surrounded by blue water
(b) in the middle of a busy city
(c) the top of a mountain
(d) in a meadow of wild flowers

12. Ransom contemplates what he has learned from Weston and realizes he's ready to face what?
(a) Killing Weston
(b) Never seeing earth again
(c) Being on another planet
(d) Death

13. What does Ransom pilfer from the galley?
(a) A cup and saucer
(b) A frying pan
(c) A knife
(d) Seven days rations

14. The core of the ship is:
(a) solid metal
(b) contains argon and helium
(c) made of molten lava
(d) hollow

15. The nameless pedestrian who is walking along an English lane is called:
(a) Harold James
(b) Jerrold Jones
(c) Edwin Ransom
(d) Larry Weaks

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ransom comes to from being drugged, he tries to escape but is unable because:

2. How does Ransom feel when Weston and Devine open the manhole?

3. As they land, what does Random come to believe about planets?

4. What does the sky on Malacandra look like when they embark?

5. What does Ransom's thoughts about space foreshadow?

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